Bellator featherweight champion Daniel
Straus will defend his featherweight title against a familiar
foe on Friday night, as both the champion and challenger Pat Curran were
cleared to compete at Thursday’s Bellator
112 weigh-ins.

Straus initially stepped on the scale a half pound heavy, but the
champion made 145 pounds on his second attempt. Curran, meanwhile,
tipped the scales at 144.7 pounds with no issue ahead of his title
opportunity from The Venue at Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Ind. The
featherweights first met in 2009 prior to joining Bellator, with
Curran scoring a second-round knockout under the Xtreme Fighting
Organization banner. Straus avenged his defeat four years later,
snatching away Curran’s featherweight title in a unanimous verdict
last November at Bellator 106.